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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Worried a diagnosis will change my life. |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 7:23 pm
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| To those of you that were diagnosed as adults, how did it change your life, or did it at all? Yes, it changed my life. It changed me inside, and for the better, too, as I examined every incident and exchange in my long memory of growing up and becoming a woman. I sorta stopped being so damnably har... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Verdict in Steubenville Case |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 5:26 pm
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| My husband, long ago, told me that if I were ever raped, he would treat it as adultery. He said that knowingly putting yourself in a situation where something like that can happen is, basically, the same as consenting to or even soliciting it. I thought he was horrid at the time. Fifteen years late... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If God exists, why does He hide from us? |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 5:03 pm
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| (spoken) In the beginning, there was just God, So God made man in his own image... a little image that is. Man asked God, "My God, how great art thou?" And to show man his great power, they played a game. (and then the song....) God and man played hide-and-go-seek. God told man, "Now man, don't you ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: do neurotypicals pull this manipulative bs in dating? |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 4:47 pm
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uwmonkdm wrote: This thread is from 4 years ago.
I don't think "do neurotypicals pull this manipulative bs in dating?" has quite gone out of style, nor has it been solved. If it were interesting 4 years ago, why not now? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: do neurotypicals pull this manipulative bs in dating? |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 1:42 pm
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| Personally, I feel lucky that I'm asexual. I feel grateful that my reproduction hormones have subsided after menopause. I am no longer goaded to make contact with males to satisfy my hormonal cravings. I don't know if men have this release, though, mine was a natural situation brought on by age and... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello from a possible savant |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2013, 8:27 pm
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Replies: 15
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History's Mystery,
The best thing about WP is there are other folks with far more awesome skillz than mine.
After a while one starts to realize that one has finally found their 'tribe'where one is 'normal'.
Merle |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello from a possible savant |
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Posted: 17 Feb 2013, 4:47 am
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| savants are only good at one thing (like doing math in their heads or playing the piano). you sound more like a genius (someone with an IQ over 140) who is good at lots of things. the IQ spectrum is as follows: 1 to 24 - Profound mental disability 25 to 39 - Severe mental disability 40 to 54 - Mode... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello from a possible savant |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2013, 8:11 pm
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| Yes, I've always thought the same thing. But there is one thing I forgot to mention. It's something I take for granted, but has never been described by any other person I know. I have what I call mental photographical abilities--that is, I don't forget anything. I can tell you anything from the fir... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello from a possible savant |
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Posted: 16 Feb 2013, 7:24 pm
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Replies: 15
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Welcome to WP! 
Instead of being a savant, perhaps you need to be stepped up a few grades until your capacity to learn is challenged. Being a 'savant' means you are already really, really, good at some things.
Merle |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Truly in need of help from other late-diagnosed adults. |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2013, 12:25 am
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Replies: 56
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| I could do it, from about 20 to my late 50's, get together a new identity and get a job and fake my way though, for about 12 to 18 months and then I was pretty much toast. It is like having plates spinning on poles, things go well for a time and then becomes stress-fully out of control. However, I j... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Truly in need of help from other late-diagnosed adults. |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2013, 10:53 pm
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| Yes, a lot of what you're saying sounds familiar. I've had similar negative reactions from psychologists and counselors when I've suggested aspergers as just a possibility for some of my lifelong struggles. I've gotten glares, which made me feel like I'm a horrible person who needs to just act writ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't feel autistic today. |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2013, 6:45 pm
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| I can easily lose that feeling of 'being an Aspie". All I have to do is stay in my apartment for weeks with my internet connected computer and my cat. I have enough 'social' experience by going through the check out line in the middle of the night at the 24 hour grocery. I only 'feel like an Aspie' ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Truly in need of help from other late-diagnosed adults. |
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Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 4:37 am
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| . I have a feeling that I know about NT's in a way that no NT has ever bothered to know me because I have had to to survive. I know the feeling. Also those NT that just take as granted that I think becoming MORE like NT is my goal. The longer I realize I am not like them the more I don't care to 'f... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky) |
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Posted: 21 Dec 2012, 6:20 pm
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Matthew1971 wrote: Hello. I am 41 (almost 42). Pleased to meet you. ~Matthew~
Hello Matthew! Glad you found us.
Merle |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: NRA goes dark. |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 6:01 pm
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Replies: 44
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| https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/541341-nra-statement-on-newtown-murders.html NRA makes statement about Newtown massacre The National Rifle Association of America is made up of four million moms and dads, sons and daughters – and we were shocked, saddened and heartbroken by the news of the ho... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Truly in need of help from other late-diagnosed adults. |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 5:30 am
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Replies: 56
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